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Reviews of The Postmaster Inn BnB

3.5 out of 5
The Postmaster Inn BnB
10 Smith Street, Smithton, TAS

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 59 out of 99 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 30 out of 99 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 99 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 99 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 99 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

raymond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night in Smithton
Great place Great hosts Good price
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Penelope M

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Stewart

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
No personal greeting, required to phone someone called Michael, informed over the phone the code to open the .key safe, all very impersonal and non professional. WILL NOT BE STAYING AGAIN.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
The property is a little old and tired. Beds were comfortable, kitchen was adequate. Location was great, easy to find. Linen bit worn out. Little squishy for family of 4, but acceptable if your days are busy and just need somewhere to sleep.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Prasanna, Wantirna south

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Amenities
Excellent property at the center of town close to everything. Staying with the family and all enjoyed the stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great location, easy to access services. Good off street parking and great kitchen facilities.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

IAN

Disliked: Room comfort
We were in Room 4 at the back. Just like a converted sleepout, not much room to move. Facilities were fine, just a bit cramped.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good, cute little cottage
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Ian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
Rubbish left in one bin from previous tenant . Bathroom towels frayed and a big hole in one.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from Michael on 10 Nov 2019
Hi, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention, I’m so sorry, we have new towels arriving soon, Sincere apologies, Michael and Grace.

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and cosy in a great location. Lovely place to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The house itself was charming but as two couples in their sixties who had booked the two bedroom self contained unit we were very disappointed. The fridge and dishes and TV were in the double bedroom and two single fold out beds in a closed in back porch with a small table and two chairs. it would have been good to have this made clear in the booking.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Des

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
old world accommodation
Old world accommodation,,very well renovated. There was no reception, received email giving me instructions how to get key from a safe. Room was comfortable. Had the use of a shared kitchen. Continental breakfast provided. A little bit noisy as the cottage is in the middle of town centre. Good wifi.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Heritage property, well set up. I would think that room No. 3 would be the best room for a couple. Not facing the street, and walk in shower.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This little cottage was really very quaint and lovely. Close to the main area.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely setting beautifully restored. Very comfy bed.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Romeo, Hobart

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was my first experience, highly recommended.... beautiful location near supermarkets. Great parking, and kitchen, laundary are exceptional benefits
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Old worldly and nice1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quaint old cottage house right on main street in town. Being an old house & our booking being a family room set up out on the back verandah, being all that was available at the time, we found it very cramped even as a couple only. Cannot imagine staying in this set up with two other people or children & their luggage. Shower is over a bath & dangerous for children or seniors as no anti slip mat provided. We did not realise house was booked out to 4 bookings all allocated their own lockable sleeping space & shower in each bedroom. Other than that, main areas inside front of house at passage & kitchen are well set up, owner & cleaners friendly & good access to all amenities in town. Road noise during business hours.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a charming property with such character and history. Loved it
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
comfortable
good accomodation. basic but has everything you need.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Whishy on 30 Jan 2019
Thank you Adrian :)

6/10 Okay

Thomas, sault Ontario

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
A big space with laundry facilities. The continental breakfast was fine, and the location was central to the restaurants and grocery stores.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Whishy on 30 Jan 2019
Thanks very much Thomas :)

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
Loved it.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A welcomed feel as we opened the front door on arrival. A very enjoyable stay and would recommend it
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tarkine Dreaming
The facilities were fantastic and the apartment was very comfortable. We enjoyed staying in it. We found Smithton a but of a culinary desert, so suggest people look to Stanley for good food experiences when they stay at this B&B. We chose this place because it was close to our tour guide for the Tarkine Region. That tour is gold and we recommend people who stay here to do it.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quaint place to stay. Very old world. Nice town. Close to the shops and good pizza across the road.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable room close to the Tarkine
The room was small but well appointed. Unfortunately the queen bed was 2 single beds pushed together.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Jack, Sydney

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Cute cottage - nice stay
We enjoyed our stay in Smithton. We were a group of three adults staying in the back annex of the cottage. Our review refers only to this area of the property. The common kitchen was large and spacious and there was a nice outdoor area to hang out. The master bed was cosy and the second sleeping area was very small. The bathroom was very spacious. Great laundry facilities an added bonus. Supermarket and bakery right next door. All well located. Would recommend to other travellers.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jo , NSW

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming cottage in the Main Street.
This is the old post office house,it has been lovingly decorated to its old world charm. Our ensuite room was 3 rooms at the back of the house and was quite spacious. The aminites were excellent and our cotact person was friendly and very helpful. Really enjoyed our stay. Highly recommend the Tarkine Oyster shop.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

pam, perth

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Olde cottage in town had the place to ourselves
Lovely old cottage ,all found even a continental bkfst
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Eamonn, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Pleasant comfortable stay
No host to receive us but entry was organised very easily. Room was very clean and comfortable with access to shared kitchen if needed. 2 minor detracting were 1) No flyscreens on windows and no latch to hold the hopper window up. (Not an issue unless it's a warm night which we had). 2) The King size bed though very comfortable was made up of two singles together. Not so much of an issue except they were both on castors so they moved away from the wall if you wished to sit up reading or came apart during the night. Neefed something to stop movements.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ian, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Federation-era charm
Comfortable family accommodation with shared kitchen. Ample continental breakfast supplied
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Margaret, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Centre of town
key instructions easy to follow... easy to find. Very comfy bed. Great breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NEVER NEVER book Unit 4!
Manager didn't meet us. Cramped space; two fold-up metal beds and one double - absolutely dreadful! TV was housed in wardrobe - viewed only by sitting on double bed. All crockery and jug, etc in wardrobe cupboard - nowhere to plug in jug. hot tap over bath not working. After complaint, Manager provided two single beds in another unit - this was much more comfortable for my 88 year old sister and niece. Was not informed there was a shared kitchen - found this out after accessing Unit 3. I definitely would not recommend this particular venue to anyone --- Do not book Unit 4 to any other customer. Most distressing stay of our whole trip. M Kelly
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Post Office Cottage Smithton
Lovely stay at this cottage for 2 nights. Great room, tasteful decor in the period and style of the house. Close to main shopping strip, and WW supermarket, and not far from The Bridge Hotel which served good meals and seniors meal good value. Large kitchen available for use which was a bonus, bbq out of order, provisions left for continental breakfast but only for 1 day. Toaster, but no bread supplied, but supermarket close by. Overall a very nice stay, would recommend. Only 20 km to Stanley so a good alternative. No formal check in, pick up and leave keys, so we didn't see anyone. We stayed in Room 3, TV remote skipped channels so hard to use.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
We had room 4
It was too small for 2 adults and 2 teenagers. Fold out beds were very squeaky so difficult for them to sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

D.M., Tasmania

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointing
Booked a suite with 2 bedrooms, one a double the other twin beds. What I had was a single room with a Queen size bed consisting of two singles pushed together with seperate bottom sheets and Queen size top sheet and doona. I woke the next day with a very sore back. Last time I stayed at this B&B I had a wonderful cooked breakfast in the lovely period kitched and a friendly chat with the owner. This time my only contact with the owner was via the phone and a continental breakfast on a small table in the room WITHOUT BREAD to toast, but there was a toaster in the room???????? Next time I stay....................... well, there won't be a next time
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
will stay again
tryed to leave out the rating for staff, but the site won't accept this as a response. The reason is that there is no interaction with staff / owners as pre-pay, self check-in, self catered, and leave keys behind when you leave, works ok.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer, Noosa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
outstanding customer service
Our car died (not what you want on a touring holiday) and clearly nothing to do with our accommodation, however Michael was absolutely brilliant. He provided service that was way above my expectations.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice B&B right in the heart of town
Couldn't fault anything, very clean and comfortable and would highly recommend this B&B.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful old home and great host.

10/10 Excellent

Robyn, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable bed and breakfast.
Well furnished and decorated BnB in ahistorical cottage. Warm and friendly hosts. Use of the laundry was free and nothing was too much trouble. We had the full use of the kitchen for other meals and were served a full breakfast in the morning. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

10/10 Excellent

Tim & Cheryl, Hobart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Warm welcome and great breakfast
Clean and comfortable accomodation. Close to good food options. Excellent choice for a stay in Smithton.

10/10 Excellent

John, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place about 15 min drive to Stanley
I was disappointed when I found out we were staying in Smithton and not Stanley, but this place more than made up for it and in the end, I'm glad we stayed here. Stanley, like Cradle Mtn, is over priced, so Ye Olde PO, was good value in comparison. There a couple of restaurants nearby but we didn't try them, preferring to get taken for a ride in Stanley with the other tourists instead.

10/10 Excellent

Karen, hadspen tas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic experience
A most lovely place to stay in, comfortable & clean and the hosts were fantastic, great cooks lovely people!!!